HoyaFanNY
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Mar 18, 2008 7:58:32 GMT -5
interesting article about usc giving a scholarship to romeo miller, master p's son, and his relationship with demar derozan, one of the top players in the '08 class. timmy floyd strikes again. tinyurl.com/2chlha |
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 18, 2008 8:24:45 GMT -5
What an article...who knows though, maybe lil romeo does have some potential but has been held back by injuries in HS
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Mar 18, 2008 11:54:28 GMT -5
This has been going on with many schools--and Hoyas own Chris Braswell joined the P-Miller All Stars AAU team 2 summers ago for a tournament out in Vegas--it had Romeo, and an assortment of kids from all over. I wouldn't give Floyd too much crap-this stuff happens all of the time at a lot of schools-take a look at Calipari hiring Milt Wagner as an assistant Coach, then taking Arthur Barclay--who was garbage--because he was best friend of Dajuan Wagner.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2008 15:48:14 GMT -5
Rumor around WNY is that Boeheim only landed Paul Harris because he also agreed to take on Harris' pal at NFHS, Johnny Flynn.
Worked out pretty well for him, considering Flynn looks to be a better college baller already!
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Post by HoyaTejano on Mar 19, 2008 9:36:01 GMT -5
Didn't Oden also require Ohio St. to take Cook or somebody else or he would go somewhere else?
It seems this works in college hoops but I don't recall a similar recruiting practice in football. Or are there cases there too?
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Mar 19, 2008 10:01:49 GMT -5
Didn't Oden also require Ohio St. to take Cook or somebody else or he would go somewhere else? Oden and Conley played together in HS, so if Conley was a condition of Oden's enrollment, I'd say OSU lucked out pretty nicely with that package. |
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 19, 2008 17:49:48 GMT -5
Oden, Conley and Daequan Cook all chose to go to school together. Matta was recruiting all three, and all three wanted to come. Given they were all Top 25 players, I doubt there was any arm-twisting.
Package deals are rare, but it's one thing if the players are of similar ability. It's another if the player would have no shot of making it there on their own.
The Manning situation was especially slimy. I have no doubt Ed(?) Manning played basketball at one point, but the guy wasn't coaching when he was hired -- he was driving a UPS truck or something -- and suddenly he's an assistant at Kansas. The paychecks were signed to his dad, but that's basically a professional player, right there.
At least Milt Wagner stayed on the Memphis staff for several years after DaJuan left and may still be coaching somewhere.
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moe09
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Post by moe09 on Mar 22, 2008 19:10:02 GMT -5
I thought I read somewhere that Oden, Conley, and Cook wanted Vern to come with them. Or am I making that up?
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Post by summersshowers on Apr 6, 2008 15:30:51 GMT -5
don't know about vern with those 3...but doesn't the story go: laid-back oden didn't really care where he went to school and pretty much vowed to follow conley wherever he decided on, and cook was quick to follow? obviously these three are a package deal, as one year later, conley's dad got his agent's license so he could represent them.
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